Padua, North-East of Italy. An early autumn weekend that seemed rather late summer, for the mild temperature and the blue brightness of the sky. Under the domes and the steeples of the Basilica di Sant’Antonio, Aniridia Italiana held its 9th national meeting, attended by more than 120 people, among which around 60 persons with aniridia.

It was a week end full of events, meetings and opportunities to share expertise and experiences the one we spent in Paris from the 24th to the 26th of August 2018. The 4th European Conference on Aniridia, gathering more than 70 professionals and more than 130 patients, was a great opportunity to bring together experts